Bond lowered for National Guardsman accused of murder

A National Guardsman accused of murdering his friend may be out on bond soon.

A judge lowered the bond for Anthony Baldonado Thursday. He will head to trial in September and is charged with shooting his friend with an AR-15 rifle.

Baldonado is accused of pulling the trigger 18 months ago.

Thursday, his attorney argued in front of a judge that Baldonado’s bond should be lowered. Baldonado has been in jail since February 2012.

The prosecution argued Baldonado fired four to five rounds, that he is dangerous and that lowering the bond is not in the public’s interest.

The state hasn’t been able to locate the only eyewitness, despite the prosecution’s protest. Judge Briana Zamora said she had no other option than to lower the bond from $1 million to $300,000 cash surety Thursday.

If Baldonado bonds out, he’ll have to wear a GPS ankle monitor, and report to pretrial services every day until his Sept. 30 trial.

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